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On the Side of the Angels part 7: Carlo Crivelli
Another in a series of observations of early medieval paintings in the National Gallery London, an endless source of inspiration and amusement. Intended to show how I find stories in a painting, not my opinion of the subject matter nor its creator. Nothing replaces seeing the real thing! Annunciation with St Emidius 1486, Carlo Crivelli…
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On the Side of the Angels part 6: Pintoricchio
Another in a series of observations of early medieval paintings in the National Gallery London, an endless source of inspiration and amusement. Intended to show how I find stories in a painting, not my opinion of the subject matter nor its creator. Nothing replaces seeing the real thing! Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor…
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On the Side of the Angels, Part 5: ‘Follower of Hugo van der Goes’
Another in a series of observations of early medieval paintings in the National Gallery London, an endless source of inspiration and amusement. Intended to show how I find stories in a painting, not my opinion of the subject matter nor its creator. Nothing replaces seeing the real thing! Virgin and Child, Follower of Hugo van…
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On the side of the Angels, part 3: ‘Follower of Roger Campion’
Another in a series of observations of early medieval paintings in the National Gallery London, an endless source of inspiration and amusement. Intended to show how I find stories in a painting, not my opinion of the subject matter nor its creator. Nothing replaces seeing the real thing! Virgin and Child before a Firescreen circa…
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On the Side of the Angels, part 2: Fra Angelico
Another in a series of observations of early medieval paintings in the National Gallery London, and endless source of inspiration and amusement. Intended to show how I find stories in a painting, not my opinion of the subject matter nor its creator. Nothing replaces seeing the real thing! Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven…
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Listening between the notes
Monday Night, Croydon Folk Club, Coope Boyes & Simpson gig. I know I spend a lot of time writing about music, but there is method in it. In the right circumstances, and these were they, being in the front row, singing along with professional musicians who encourage joining in, not only do the spirits lift,…
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On the Side of the Angels 1
An occassional dip into the early medieval paintings in the National Gallery, London, prompted by a four-hour longeur at a conference and proximity to beauty – and my inability to resist putting words into the mouths of painted faces, and motives into painted attitudes. Wilton Diptych 1390’s anonymous. King Richard II kneels on the left,…
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getting a cover for a book
This is a strange way of going about things, but I’ve just chosen a cover for a book that I haven’t finished writing yet. We’ve been running a competition over at Arachne Press for the covers of the next two books, and I got down to three gorgeous, wonderful designs for the reprint of Mosaic…
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Remember
For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping something had been left, Which must die now. I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled. Strange Meeting, Wilfred Owen For the past week we have been asked to remember: Remember, Remember the fifth of November Gunpowder…
Cherry Potts, Writer 